SWORD, JAPANESE, SHOTO, WAKIZASHI, SHIRASAYA

W1970.912.a-b

Blade Type: SHOTO
Mei: SEKI JU KANE… [the last character appears to be ‘moto’ as in ‘Kanemoto’, but is unclear]
Nagasa: 54.4 cm
Sori: 1.4 cm, torii
Sugata: shinogi tsukuri, iori mune
Nakago: 12.5 cm, one mekugi ana, ubu
Kissaki: chu
Hada: unclear due to inexpert polishing
Hamon: kessho suguba over choji/gonome midare
Date: c. 1600

A wakizashi blade of the Mino Seki group.

Koshirae
Type: SHIRASAYA
Saya: plain white wood
Tsuka: plain white wood
Overall length: 73.6 cm
Date: 18th-19th century

This storage type scabbard bears the inscription ‘Presented to Infantry Captain Tsunaoka Kanji’ (in Japanese characters), ‘Col. Poyntz’ (in English)

Ref; TROTTER George, Japanese Swords and Fittings in the Western Australian Museum, Western Australian Museum, Perth 1989, No. 37 ,
pag 51

Department:

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number:	W1970.912.a-b
Accession Date:	18 Apr 1967

Material

Wood	2 - scabbard - saya

Wood	1 - sword

Measurement

length	736mm

length	544mm	nagaso

length	125mm	nakago

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